Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 46)

Part II S Right to Practise as a Solicitor

Qualifications and Training S

4 Qualifications for practising as a solicitor. S

No person shall be qualified to practise as a solicitor unless—

(a) he has been admitted as a solicitor; and

(b) his name is on the roll; and

(c) subject to section 24, he has in force a certificate issued by the Council in accordance with the provisions of this Part authorising him to practise as a solicitor (referred to in this Act as a “practising certificate”).